As sustainability continues to shape retailer expectations, consumer demands and regulatory landscapes, businesses need expert guidance to stay ahead. By understanding, measuring, and improving your brand’s sustainability performance, you are also part of the solution to nature & biodiversity loss, effects of climate change, and transparent and equitable supply chains. Emerger Strategies, a leading sustainability consulting firm, empowers brands to navigate this complex terrain while making the business case for sustainability. Here are five compelling reasons to partner with Emerger Strategies in 2025:
1. Simplifying Sustainability
Emerger Strategies specializes in simplifying sustainability for businesses of all sizes. Whether you’re struggling to answer retailer assessments, such as THESIS or REI Product Impact Standards, or calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we break down complex processes into actionable steps. Our proven methods save time, reduce frustration, and ensure compliance without the need hire, train, and retain a full-time sustainability team.
“Emerger Strategies has been vital in helping us exceed our sustainability goals, and I highly recommend them to any company who needs help with retailer sustainability compliance! With Emerger Strategies’ comprehensive approach to sustainability, we have been able to take our reporting to the next level by employing their advanced knowledge, in addition to responding to and improving our scorecards for the annual CDP, THESIS and Project Gigaton reporting cycles.” – Carrie Orr, Sr. Director, Production & Compliance at Blue Sky
2. Retailer Sustainability Compliance Expertise
With growing pressure from big-box retailers like Walmart, Target, and REI to meet sustainability standards, brands must act swiftly. Emerger Strategies offers tailored Retailer Sustainability Compliance Services, helping you meet requirements, respond to assessments, and build trust with key retail partners by demonstrating year-over-year progress on your sustainability journey and exceeding retailer expectations.
“Emerger Strategies has been an incredible partner for Crazy Creek. They’ve helped us comply with our REI Product Impact Standards and OIA’s Climate Action Corp requirements by measuring GHG emissions, setting science-based targets and creating a Climate Action Plan. This has set us up with a clear path to path to meet both our sustainability goals and GHG reduction targets.” – Karson Bagby, Co-Owner at Crazy Creek
3. Delivering Real Business Value
We focus on making the business case for sustainability by helping you achieve tangible results such as cost savings, increased customer loyalty, enhanced reputation, and risk mitigation. Our approach ensures sustainability isn’t just a compliance checkbox but a strategic advantage.
“We have loved working with Emerger Strategies over the years to help us measure and improve our sustainability performance, including helping us effectively communicate the difference we are making, which has led to helping us significantly increase our customer loyalty!” – Corinne & Garrison Doctor, Co-Owners at RepYourWater
4. Industry-Specific Knowledge
Our deep expertise in the fishing and outdoor industries makes us uniquely positioned to address the specific challenges and opportunities your brand faces. From understanding the intricacies of these markets to complying with increasing regulations such as EPR for Packaging, and aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we ensure your sustainability efforts resonate with your target audience.
“Emerger Strategies has provided American Sportfishing Association with a variety of resources, including a comprehensive Sustainability Toolkit, that gives our members the tools to measure and improve their environmental footprint while increasing their business performance. I highly recommend Emerger Strategies to any company or association that wants to take the first steps on their sustainability journey!” – Mike Leonard, VP of Government Affairs at American Sportfishing Association
5. Future-Proofing Your Brand
2025 will bring stricter sustainability regulations and heightened consumer demand for transparency. Emerger Strategies keeps you ahead of these changes by proactively identifying risks and opportunities. From greenhouse gas reporting to extended producer responsibility (EPR) and PFAS compliance, we help you stay compliant and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Protect What You Love: We are Part of Nature, Not Separate
The above reasons are certainly valid business reasons for partnering with Emerger Strategies. However, the most important reason to partner with us is to demonstrate your brand’s reverence for all living things, and to protect and restore nature as the most critical reason for understanding, measuring, and improving your sustainability performance.
We know that nature and biodiversity are in decline, and the effects of human-caused climate change, such as sea level rise, more wildfires, and more frequent and intense storms, becomes more dangerous every year. When you understand that we are part of nature, not separate, then you know that if our environment is in decline, then so are we as a species. Fundamentally, this understanding is all the reason we need to adopt sustainable business practices. That is why it is critical that business leaders understand the sustainability performance of their businesses, and why our mission is to measure and improve your company’s sustainability performance, all while boosting profits.
For me, fly fishing was the vehicle that got me spending more and more time outdoors, and helped me fall in love with the beauty of God’s creation, and in doing so, inspired me to do whatever I can to protect what I love. Fly fishing also provided an excellent crash course in systems-thinking by learning how to read a river, understanding the lifecycle stages of aquatic insects, and what was happening in the surrounding river ecosystem. Finally, it was fly fishing that taught me that everything in nature is interconnected. Just as a mayfly, a sipping trout, and a river ecosystem are connected, so are our businesses and the planet, and we have a vision of businesses and the environment thriving together.
Take the Next Step
As the sustainability movement accelerates, now is the time to ensure your brand is positioned for success. The time to act on climate, protect nature and restore biodiversity has come. Partner with Emerger Strategies to simplify sustainability, drive meaningful results, and future-proof your business. Check out our Sustainability Consulting Services and contact us today to learn how we can help you lead in 2025 and beyond.